Scottish Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 120

POLICE
The Police Grant (Scotland) Order 2004

Made
10th March 2004

Laid before the Scottish Parliament
11th March 2004

Coming into force
1st April 2004

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(3) and (5) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Grant (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

(2) In this Order–

“authority” means a police authority (not being a constituent authority) or a joint police board;

“financial year 2004-2005” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April 2004; and

“police grant” means the grant made under section 32(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.

Aggregate amount of grants for financial year 2004-2005

2.  The aggregate amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 2004-2005 shall be £485,820,000.

Amount of grant to an authority for financial year 2004-2005

3.  The amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 2004-2005 to each authority specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be the amount determined in relation to that authority which is set out in column 2 of that Table opposite to the name of that authority.

TABLE

(1)
(2)

Authority
Amount of Grant

Central Scotland Joint Police Board
£21,897,000

The Dumfries and Galloway Council
£13,599,000

The Fife Council
£27,321,000

Grampian Joint Police Board
£43,375,000

Lothian and Borders Police Board
£87,775,000

Northern Joint Police Board
£24,953,000

Strathclyde Joint Police Board
£229,798,000

Tayside Joint Police Board
£37,102,000

Payment of grant

4.  The police grant payable to an authority by virtue of this Order for the financial year 2004 2005 shall be paid to that authority in monthly instalments on the 15th day of each month during that year.

CATHY JAMIESON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
10th March 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under section 32(3) and (5) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, as substituted by section 45(1) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, which makes provision for the Scottish Ministers to make grants out of money from the Scottish Consolidated Fund for police purposes to police authorities and joint police boards.
This Order determines–
(a)the aggregate amount of grants to be made under section 32(1) to all police authorities and joint police boards for the financial year 2004-2005 (article 2); and
(b)the amount of such grants to be made to each police authority or joint police boards (article 3).
The Order also sets out how and when the grant is payable (article 4).

(1)
1967 c. 77; section 32 was substituted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 48), section 45(1) and amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 41(2). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).